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{{Infobox Location|country = Ukraine|state = Kiev City Municipality|map = <map lat='50.45750402042058' lng='30.5859375' zoom='9' view='3' float='right' />|pop = 2,819,566|plate = AA (before 2004: КА,КВ,КЕ,КН,КІ,KT)|motorways = M01, M03, M04, M05, M06}}'''Kyiv'''(Київ), or also known as '''Kiev''' in (Russian: '''Киев'''), is the capital of [[Ukraine]]. __NOTOC__Kyiv is a very big city, however it has a very efficient metro (underground) system for hitching out of the city in all directions. 

Kyiv === Northeast towards [[Chernihiv]], [[Belarus]], [[Moscow]] ([[Russia]]) ===Take the metro to ''Chernihivska'' (Чернігівська). Out of the station, walk down 200m to the ''Brovarskyi Prospekt'' (Броварський проспект). You'll most likely see locals hitchhiking there already, just walk a bit further up the road to find a convenient spot. The first car should bring you to the next ГАИ (GAI) police post. Do not accept any rides to the city of Бровари (Brovari), as there will be no useful spots to hitchhike along the road. Best is to catch rides only towards Семполки (Sempolki) or Калита (Kalita), there you'll find a very big cityGAI post as well. If hitchhiking towards Russia, get off at the eastward junction after 100km. There, however it has 's easy to hitch further rides towards Russia. === East towards [[Poltava]], [[Kharkiv]], [[Sumy]] ===Take the metro to ''Boryspilska'' (БОРИСПIЛЬСЬКА) station (the second last on the green line). There you find a very efficient metro huge roundabout - walk around the roundabout until you see the turn off to [[Kharkiv]] (undergroundXAPKIB) system. Walk down the road, especially if and you'll probably see a lot of people also hitching there (there were around 40 last time some anonymous hitchhiker did it in the middle of winter); walk to the end of the queue and try to look like you're hitching west going a long distance - most people will only be going 30 or 40 km. Try to look different. You can stand a little bit further (close to the motorway sign), put your backpack in front of you and use the thumb gesture or easta sign.Cost to get there: 4 UAH (1 metro token, which is about EUR 0.15) <!--Last verified: Aug 2016-->

===North '''Alternative:''' From Kharkivska district, use marshrutka #317a to Borispil. Stay on the marshrutka until the last stop ([[Kharkov]])===Get at the end of the metro to Boryspolskaya (might be spelt wrongcity) station. From here there is a huge roundabout - , you can walk around the outside of the roundabout until you see the turn off 2km more to Kharkov (XAPKOB in Russian). Walk down the crossroad where road, and you'll probably see a lot of people also hitching there P08 (there was transit road around 40 last time I did Kyiv, especially for trucks) crosses. Behind it in the middle of winter), walk to the back of the queue and try to look like you're going should find a long distance - most people will only be going 30 nice spot to Poltava or 40 kilometres (having a conspicuous backpack helps)Kharkiv.

* '''Cost to get thereTowards [[Sumy]]:''': 50 kopecks From the metro LISOVA take marshrutka #327 towards DYMYTROVE (1 metro tokendriving through BROVARY)* '''Last verified''. (Better check with the driver if he's driving to DYMYTROVE directly.) Get off at the last stop. Walk eastwards across the bridge over the E95 highway. Stand here [http: January 2006//goo.gl/maps/0KyL4 at point B].

===East (Northwest towards [[DnepropetrovskLublin]], M04(Poland) (M07)===

Get Take the metro to ""Vidubichi"(ВЫДУБИЧИ)the station , after need walk until car market.* ''Akademmistechko'Cost to get there''':1 . From near the metro token station, take a minibus (60 kopecks = 0,15$)* ''marshrutka'Last verified''': April 2006) to Irpen (Ирпе́нь), which as of June 2012 costs 5 UAH. When you see the large stele ИРПЕНЬ and the bus takes a left turn, get out. The M07 road goes straight ahead from the intersection that the bus turned at. Cross under the bridge and hitch just after the next intersection.

===West ([[RivneFile:kievlublin.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Looking towards the hitchhiking point for the M07 northwest towards Poland.]], [[Lviv]], M06)===

Get the metro to "Zhitomirskaja" === West towards [[Lviv]], southwest towards [[Chernivtsi]] (ЖИТОМИРСКАЯM06) station, after you need walk some kilometer.Girls be careful - in evenings their are working prostitutes, so tell to driver that you are hitchhiking immediately.* '''Cost to get there''': 1 metro token* '''Last verified''': July 2007===

Hitchiking from here can take some time, as there is also a lot of local traffic, so in case you´re standing here for too long, take a marshrutka direction Zhytomyr, and hop off at the next village called Dmytrivka. Then you're already along the motorway where most traffic goes long-distance. In addition to that, the bus stop is quite spacious, so trucks can more easily stop here than at the Zhytomyrska spot.  If you are going southwest, then you turn at the town of [[Zhytomyr]] 100 km west from Kyiv. ===South (towards [[Odessa|Odesa]], (M05)=== Get the metro "Libedskaja" ''Teremky'' (ЛЫБЕДСКАЯТЕРЕМКИ) station(last one on blue line). Walk 700 m southwest and you'll find a police post, after take you can just hitchhike behind this post as there is a trolleybus NRlarge area for cars to stop.2 and go till destenation stop "Kibcentr" (КИБЦЕНТР)There is traffic light before it so make sure drivers can see you while waiting for green light.* '''Cost But take care, drivers tend to use the parking lane to get overtake slow traffic along the road! Also sometimes truck drivers park there''': 1 metro token+1 trolleybus token = around 1,5 UAH = 0,30$* '''Last verified''': July 2007for few hours.